Guilty pleasure

One of my Guilty pleasures are Gold Canyon candles! I could spend a $100 on them in the blink of an eye. Yesterday I got my order in. I bought 3 big ones. An apple, an apple spice and a sugar cookie. I ripped open the box and sorted through the three. Then I packed them away and hid the box out in the garage. I told Mark not to tell Dad because he gets mad when I "waste" money on stuff. Mark Laughed and we cleaned up all of the evidence. A little later I was on the computer and Mark came over and asked me how much I spent on candles. I told him it didn't matter, feeling suspicious that he was telling dad and he wanted to know how much I spent..I walked in the kitchen and he followed me. How much did you spend he asked. C'mon just tell me. I said it doesn't matter again. Brandon who was sitting on the couch said what doesn't matter. I was caught! Mark told his dad I bought candles and hid them. Ha ha! Don't trust your deep dark secrets with your 5 year old. You will get busted everytime..I spent 68.00. Not proud of that, but I LOVE them.
I had a few guys working on my alarm one time at my house and the one said how do you make your house smell so good? I was sold.

Christmas

My favorite time of year is coming to an end. Not so sure that's such a bad thing this year. I have always enjoyed Christmas and Thanksgiving. However this year has been all about catching up and I still have not managed to do so. Things are tough. In fact as I sit here I have a baby in my lap. He is my helper. My hubby says its all about how I organize my time. That I'm productive at the wrong times. I'm definitely more of a night owl than a day time person. I can get stuff done but generally I don't until later in the day. I can get a lot done while the boys are in bed.
So as I start to pack away my christmas stuff away I think about how amazing the New Year is going to be. It just has to be.

The boys loved Christmas. Well after awhile they did. Mark was thrilled, he said he got everything he wanted. It took Alec awhile to warm up to the idea. At one point he cried and said he wanted different presents. It made me sad because Santa put a lot of work into getting their gifts. Everything he got was stuff he showed interest in. I think he was surprised at the different stuff he got. I think he was expecting to get the same stuff as Mark. Good mental note for Santa! Blake of course was indifferent. He was happy just to be there.

We enjoyed time at both families houses. Of course they always eat at the same time and its a big fat pain in the butt. Hubby is always happy to spend time at both, but i know its upsetting when we don,t make it to his families earlier. Next year something has to change. But NO ONE want to celebrate a day earlier, that would be too easy...
Did I mention Ive also thrown my diet out the window for now..Starting a diet around the holidays is murder..So here soon I will get the will power and will stick with it. Right now I have none and it makes me guilty and I feel like a big fat quitter..ha ha! Egg nog I salute you, you will not get the best of me:)
I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you a very Happy New year!!

Time is Flying..

Where have the past few weeks gone geez! I guess a few things are going on. Nothing to much out of the norm though. We FINALLY got a new computer!! I am so happy, but sort of out of the habit of using it. I haven't really been on in weeks. Maybe a good thing though. I seem to be getting a little bit more done:)
Blake is 10 weeks and just went in for his first set of shots. I think thats the one thing that would make me not want to have any more kids. I worry so much about the vaccines and what they can do. I also worry about what can happen if they don't have them. Lots of old diseases are making a come back and it scares me. I pray and pray for him not to have any reactions. I put my faith in God, with everything I do and that helps me to be at ease.
Mark and Alec were both sick, which transferred to me and passed on to the baby. Every one seems to be doing well now. Mark's cough is hanging on. I took him to the doc yesterday when he saw Blake and everything seems to be good!!Maybe just some seasonal allergies. I kept him home from school to go to the doc. I didn't want to but I wanted to make sure he didn't have something..
I've taken on my walking again. Since my friend Mandy went back to work I haven't walked at all..But we recently started going again on her lunch break. We go downtown..THere are hills every where down there, so we get a good work out. I'm glad to, because the scale hasn't budged since I stopped walking.
I am also trying to wean off of the coffee. I know how fattening it is and really I don't need one every day. THats how often I've been going. So today I had a grande nonfat pumpkin spice latte. I didn't get one last night and had a headache today. But I did less fat today and a smaller size. So gradually I am going to wean off and only have it sometimes. Maybe for special treat or something. I did try an Iced coffee with chocolate and it was awful strong!!
Yeah I know I sound like a broken record, but I will be healthy!!!!

Starbucks boycott

I've been thinking lately that I need to boycott Starbucks....I am so addicted that I just about can't go one day with out having one. I don't like the fact that an item I consume has that kind of control over me. I think about all the money they make and its crazy!! My sister lives in Phoenix and says that the starbucks they go to goes through 150 gallons of milk per day! I just know that I get that urge for a venti caramel frappuccino and I can't resist..So I'm thinking about trying to cut down and see if I can pull away!! I think about the money out and how unhealthy these are..And how bad I want one right now!!